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- noun Plural form of
clew-garnet .
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Examples
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A glance at the picture will show the clew-garnets and clewlines coming down to the corners and the buntlines coming straight down the sails.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various
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The clewlines for these sails are double, and are called "clew-garnets."
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various
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The square sails themselves are controlled by drawlines called clew-garnets running up from the lower corners, leechlines running in diagonally from the middle of the outside edges, buntlines running up from the foot, and spilling lines, to spill the wind in heavy {107} weather.
All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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Haul all your clew-garnets, stick out tacks and sheets.
Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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Captain Vavassour immediately issued the necessary orders; the clew-garnets, buntlines, and leech-lines were manned at the moment that the ship was running off the wind, the tack and sheet were eased up, and the great sail, the most powerful in the ship, was handsomely clewed up, as the men appointed to furl it made their way aloft.
A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Harry Collingwood 1886
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Raise main tack and sheet; man the main clew-garnets, buntlines, and leech-lines; clew up cheerily, lads!
A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Harry Collingwood 1886
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Overhaul the main clew-garnets and get the sheet aft.
The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" Harry Collingwood 1886
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To a man quite inexperienced, a squall may look in the highest degree threatening; he will order the top-gallant clew-lines to be manned, place hands by the topsail haulyards, and lay along the main clew-garnets.
The Lieutenant and Commander Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 1862
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Harvey promptly cast off the sheet, and the hands at the clew-garnets hauled up the foresail.
The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock Oliver Optic 1859
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Mr. Lowington desired to know what hands were stationed at the fore clew-garnets; but when they appeared, they were very confident they had belayed these ropes as usual.
Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Oliver Optic 1859
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